More April Fool's Day fun
For those who thought that my "information" that Tom DeLay would become our next viceroy in Iraq was a little too subtle, how about this little gem. Avi Rubin -- Mr. "watch out for electronic voting" himself -- announced on his weblog, ATAC: Abusable Technologies Awareness Center, that he was taking a job as Chief Security Officer at Diebold.
In addition to the usual comments, he posted one he received from the Assistant Corporate Council for Diebold, Inc., who said, "My office is in receipt of an InterNet message from you (dated today, April 1, 2004) in which you make false, misleading and damaging representations regarding your supposed employment with Diebold" and demanding that he cease and desist.
What a bunch of humorless clods, I thought. Read further in the letter and you find this paragraph:
Finally, you and all members of your family are directed to register and vote in the 2004 Presidential election, for a candidate chosen by my client as communicated to you at a future time. Diebold reserves the right to install software and other monitoring features in its systems to ensure your compliance with this clause.
The letter is signed, "J.A. Kass."
Gotcha again, didn't he?